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Delivered Denver 13/12/43; Langley 14/1/44; Presque Is 11/2/44; Assigned 482BG (H2S) Alconbury 19/2/44; transferred 365BS/305BG [WF-E] Chelveston 20/3/44;
Missing in Action Merseburg 24/8/44 with
Lt Col Chas Normand (Com pilot),
Co-pilot: Bob Polich,
Navigator: Vernon Nuefeld,
Bombardier: Lester Sorensen,
Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Larry Arthurs,
Radio Operator: Irving Patterson,
m/op-Walt Russell,
Waist gunner: Carl Anderson,
Tail gunner: Lt John Geissler,
radnav-Lt Lloyd Gatewood (366BS) (10POW-all bailed OK); flak damage, exploded in mid-air, crashed Hunteburg, S of Diepholz, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8208.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39913819
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37250224
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-757481
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Radar Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-822684
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-886968
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 24 August 1944 |
Revisions
My own extensive research, getting ready to produce a 1:32 scale model for the family of the bombardier, Lester Sorensen.
Changed 364th Bomb Squadron to 365th Bomb Squadron after checking MACR 8208.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8208 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database